3278 Běhounek

3278 Běhounek
Name
Name Běhounek
Designation 1984 BT
Discovery
Discoverer A. Mrkos
Discovery date July 27, 1984
Discovery site Kleť Observatory
Orbital elements
Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.0200515
Semimajor axis (a) 3.2152711 AU
Perihelion (q) 3.1508001 AU
Aphelion (Q) 3.2797421 AU
Orbital period (P) 5.77 a
Inclination (i) 9.70636°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) 78.74606°
Argument of Perihelion (ω) 54.22619°
Mean anomaly (M) 74.83314°

3278 Běhounek is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2105.8373988 days (5.77 years).[1]

The asteroid was discovered on January 27, 1984 by Antonín Mrkos at Kleť Observatory and named after the Czech radiologist and writer František Běhounek.

References

  1. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 2008-04-13.